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Boy Scouts Voting on Gay-Youth Ban

By

Geoffrey A. Fowler And

Ana Campoy

May 22, 2013 7:34 p.m. ET

DALLAS—Boy Scout leaders are set to decide Thursday whether to welcome gay Scouts to their ranks, after months of lobbying that has borrowed tactics—and personnel—from Washington-style electoral politics.

About 1,400 local leaders for the Boy Scouts of America began gathering here Wednesday to vote on a proposal by the group's national leadership that would end the ban on gay youth members. The vote wouldn't end the organization's ban on gay adults, both volunteers and paid staff members.